UFC 103 card swells to 13 fights

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UFC 103 card swells to 13 fights
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Posted by Jake Rossen
With the recent addition of Affliction and IFL castaway Vladimir Matyushenko to UFC 103 in Dallas, Texas, the September 19 card is now hosting a butt-numbing 13 fights; UFC 100 and UFC 101 each hosted 11 bouts. I think this is what's known as a pandemic.


As anyone who has attended one of the endless regional shows and hung on through their 15-, 17- or even 20-bout slates knows, there's something to be said for brevity. I like movies, but sitting through seven or eight reels chafes the nerves after awhile. And it's worse when you're watching a fight: I'm not entirely certain live audiences need five solid hours of bloody noses and doubled-over athletes.


UFC president Dana White recently told a gathered crowd of fans in Philadelphia that there "wasn't enough talent" for a live, weekly fight series on a network. Is he getting to events in time to see the prelims?